Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOR POETS, by WALLACE M. SLOANE


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FOR POETS, by                    
First Line: The poets have their little nook where they may live and love and rest
Last Line: With nothing imprisoned but the soul between the pages of a book.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


The poets have their little nook where they may live and love and rest,
And they are wise and they are best between the pages of a book.
There they are sought by those who love them; no others ever see or care,
And faces true and faces fair bend down in faith and love above them.
There they are wise and good and fair as any songs that they have sung,
Forever glad, forever young, and poet lovers love them there.

But woe be if they break away and travel from the printed page
Into a world of persiflage where shadow actors work and play.

And woe be if they break the shell surrounding them and seek to find
A perfect love among mankind, and taste the fruits of heaven and hell.

But happy they who know their nook and meet all men and reach life's goal,
With nothing imprisoned but the soul between the pages of a book.





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